17 Facts About X-Play

When X-Play debuted on April 28,2003the show moved back to the TechTV studios, and Morgan Webb came on board as co-host, leaving her previous hosting duties on TechTV's The Screen Savers and Call for Help.

X-Play had a larger scale than that of Extended Play, but it still maintained an extremely simple and spartan style.

X-Play's primary set consisted of a single couch, coffee table and television positioned in the middle of the large studio floor, but hosts Sessler and Webb would migrate around various areas of the studio, normally not even going to their actual set until the end of the program.

Unlike its predecessors, X-Play had more of an edge, containing some adult language and more mature subject matter.

X-Play aired four brand new episodes for their first two weeks, but would ultimately air three new episodes a week for the majority of the show's remainder on TechTV.

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X-Play continued production at the TechTV studios in San Francisco until August 2004.

The X-Play logo was retro-fitted to sit above the stage on the right-hand side of the set, with curtains surrounding the entirety of the space to create a sense of intimacy; a large flat-screen monitor was placed in the background, and several small decorative glass balls were strategically placed around various spots on the floor.

The X-Play set was redesigned, and debuted on the June 18,2012 episode.

When X-Play relaunched with their new format in 2008, the segment developed into a two- to three-minute piece running at the start of each show, narrated by either Adam or Morgan, then continued via a news ticker at the bottom of the screen throughout the rest of the episode.

On November 6,2006, X-Play gave their Viewer Mail segment a high-tech face-lift, by renaming it Video Viewer Mail.

Holiday season, X-Play aired gift guide episodes that recommends video games to viewers for Christmas.

X-Play has amassed a large group of fictional characters that will appear from time to time, often to bring some humor during game reviews.

X-Play has its own cast of interns, who will sometimes appear as characters on the show.

When X-Play was still a part of TechTV, personalities from other shows on the network would often make guest appearances.

X-Play has had pseudo-celebrities who are not affiliated with G4 appear on the show.

Producers of X-Play have used a number of internet-driven initiatives to engage the show's technologically savvy audience.

X-Play: The Online Game is a short Flash game created by the San Francisco-based company Orange Design.